Comparison

Forward vs Scribble

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Forward

This app helps you build and maintain healthy routines and achieve your personal goals. It offers a simple interface to set daily, weekly, or monthly tasks and track your progress over time. Stay motivated and focused on your personal growth journey with customizable habits and reminders.

Highlights
  • Set daily, weekly, monthly goals
  • Track habit streaks
  • Customize habits with colors
  • Set reminders for tasks
  • Visualize progress over time
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Forward App is designed to live up to its name - to keep you going forward towards your goals! With stylish yet simple interface and only necessary features, you can set healthy routines, goals and tasks for daily, weekly and monthly basis. You can also decide if you do your goals and to do’s multiple times in a day. It has never been more easier to create habits that stick! The more you use it - the better you see your progress in in the streak page. Stay motivated and focused with your personal goals! Productivity is sometimes hard to achieve but Forward is here for you and your personal growth journey. Forward is ideal for you if you: • have hard time keeping a habit or quit one • you have too many to do’s at once and cannot prioritize them • sometimes loose focus on your personal goals and targets • feel unmotivated and can’t see the progress of your goals Forward is FREE TO USE without annoying ads! The free version of Forward allows you to create 3 habits/goals. For more than 3, you can either choose a wallet friendly Forward Premium or unlike most other apps, purchase 1 goal at a time without any other commitments. Forward free allows you to: • set and track goals on a daily, weekly or monthly basis • set a task to be repeated multiple times a day • customize your habits from a range of colors - visualize your targets! • edit and delete your list of tasks • set a reminder for each habit • see your progress over time with each goal/task • log and see habit activity with seamless Apple Watch integration Forward PREMIUM offers: • unlimited amount of goals ===All your ideas, feedback and suggestions are always welcome=== Contact: forward@todoo.fun Privacy policy: https://todoo.fun/forward-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://todoo.fun/forward-tos/

About

Scribble

This app provides a quick and easy way to record thoughts, ideas, and reflections through short, concise entries. Organize your notes with custom journals and tags, favorite important entries, and set reminders for future reflection. Keep your journal private with biometric lock features.

Highlights
  • Categorize entries into custom journals
  • Organize with multiple tags
  • Favorite important entries
  • View entries from any date
  • Filter entries by journals and tags
  • Lock with Touch/FaceID
  • Schedule entry reminders
Features
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Need a place to write down all your thoughts, ideas, and reflections? Meet Scribble - a bullet journal designed for creating short, concise entries. Scribble is perfect for people who wish to record their thoughts, but don’t have the time to sit down and write a long journal entry. Use Scribble whenever you have a thought that’s worth remembering and categorize it into a relevant journal/tag to easily find it later. One of the benefits of microjournaling over traditional journaling methods is that by writing down your thoughts in the moment, you get a more accurate picture of your thought process throughout the day. FEATURES: CATEGORIZE YOUR ENTRIES INTO JOURNALS You can assign each entry to a specific journal/topic. This will color code your entries to the journal’s corresponding color and make your entries easier to organize. (i.e. Ideas, Goals, Insights, Dreams) ADD TAGS TO FURTHER ORGANIZE YOUR ENTRIES You can also assign multiple tags to each entry to help further categorize each entry. This can be helpful if you wish to have subcategories in each journal. FAVORITE ENTRIES Add a heart next to your most important entries to help highlight them for easy access later. VIEW ENTRIES FROM ANY DATE Jump to a specific date to see all your entries at different points in time. QUICKLY FILTER YOUR ENTRIES You can quickly filter your entries by any combination of journals, tags, and more. Tap on any label to add that filter, and only see entries matching those filters LOCK WITH TOUCH/FACEID Keep your entries private by locking your journal with Touch/FaceId. You are still able to create new entries while your journal is locked to help make using Scribble as quick and easy as possible. SCHEDULE REMINDERS FOR YOUR ENTRIES Add a reminder to any entry and schedule a push notification for a specific time. Visit the Reminders screen to see all entries with a reminder, and mark them as complete when necessary. **Note from developer: Thanks for being one of the first users of Scribble! Your feedback is extremely valuable, and I'm constantly looking for new ways to improve the app. If you have any questions, bugs, or feature requests, please email me at scribble.microjournal@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://scribble-app.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-c3dd5a9575fd4bafa6d1ac4591679297 Terms of Use: https://scribble-app.notion.site/Terms-and-Conditions-452421f049a74f5ebee40990c939142c Attribution Credits: https://scribble-app.notion.site/Attribution-Credits-79a118f030b24bc498d18d69257c353f

Screenshots

Forward3 screens
Scribble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scribble at 4.9 against Forward's 4.2. Scribble also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (24 vs 5). Forward's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Scribble sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scribble holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Forward's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scribble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forward ships an update fortnightly, Scribble every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Forward versus Scribble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForwardScribble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.9 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings524 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian KumorHunter Lai

Customer experience

Forward

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Scribble

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Forward

Subscriptions2
  • Forward - monthly premium$1.491 Month
  • Forward - yearly premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forward - extra goal$0.99
2 purchases

Scribble

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Pro$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Forward free?
Forward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scribble free?
Scribble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forward or Scribble?
Scribble is rated higher. Forward averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Scribble averages 4.9 from 24 ratings.
Do Forward or Scribble have ads?
Neither Forward nor Scribble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forward or Scribble?
Forward ships an update fortnightly, and Scribble every 3 weeks. Most recently, Forward was updated on June 5, 2026 and Scribble on June 1, 2026.

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